Chapter 26: Akihabara Park
Although there are occasional visitors, generally speaking only those with psychic powers can see the Youkai Market.
The spiritual power does not need to be strong enough to be able to use spells, it is enough to be able to see things that ordinary people cannot see.
Most of the people traded in this kind of ghost market are monsters and ghosts. Humans are outsiders, so they need to abide by the rules in it. Otherwise there will be danger.
There is such a monster market in the mountains near Yitian's house. They are all stalls set up by monsters.
They sell everything, including things resold from human society. Such as packaged food, books, CDs, etc.
When Erina was sick when she was a child, Maekawa Kazuhiro went there with her father and gave her oily tofu equivalent to three times the eldest lady's weight in exchange for a strange medicinal ingredient that humans cannot get.
As for why the stall owner eats so much fried tofu... it's probably because she is a fox demon.
"Miss, do you think it's possible for Shuten to go to the monster market to buy this kind of wine?" Yoshiyuki couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
"It may come after the sale is stopped. There is no need for this in normal times. This kind of monster market opened in a bustling city will definitely trade very rare things. Yida sake is sold in supermarkets, why is there a need to sell it here."
Erina said this, looking at the ghost market, still with a very interested expression on her face.
"Yoshiyuki, let's come to the monster market someday! Maybe there will be live dumplings for sale!"
"Miss, I don't think you can buy this kind of thing under any circumstances."
Although she can't buy real dango, Erina can still get plush ones and keeps buying new ones to add to her dango collection.
For example, the limited edition kaomoji dumpling that Yoshiyuki is trying to catch at this moment.
"Is there something wrong with all these manufacturers?" Yiyuki couldn't help complaining as he manipulated the grappling hook: "How can a thing like emoji be produced in a limited edition? There is no copyright, right? I'll sew it for you One is the same."
"Humph... Yoshiyuki, you really still don't understand." Erina said seriously: "Although your needlework is good, the dango you sew and the limited edition dango you capture have different meanings!"
"That's right. Which one does the eldest lady prefer?"
"How can this be compared? One represents Yoshiyuki's love for me, and the other is like catching a rare Pokémon?"
The wonderful metaphor of the eldest lady appears again.
Yoshiyuki couldn't help but imagine that if there were various kinds of dumplings in Pokémon, she might be able to go into battle with them all.
When the time comes, the elf ball will be filled with dango and you will become a real dango trainer.
The whole morning passed quickly.
The two visited many shops together, and finally stopped at Akihabara Park and sat on a bench to rest.
"Huh... we finally arrived at the park in Akihabara!" Erina looked at the children playing here and sighed with emotion: "This is the first park I have visited in my life! As a result, it feels better than what I saw on TV. It's much smaller..."
"After all, Akihabara is a commercial district. Of course, a park located in a downtown area won't be that big." Yoshiyuki looked around and suddenly began to miss the parks in China.
There are always fitness equipment in Chinese parks, and only for those over a certain age.
But there is none here in Japan. A piece of grass of a few square meters can also be called a park.
In addition, the parks here either have nothing or only have some slides, swings and other entertainment facilities for children. Those with horizontal bars are rare.
The parks here in Akihabara only have open space, street lights and seats.
The trees are surrounded by square fences. There is almost no lawn, and most of them are cement floors paved with tiles.
"Fortunately, the Electric Town where we live is not far from the famous Ueno Park. You can go there when you want to go shopping." Yoshiyuki said, and saw Erina rubbing the dumplings with a happy face. , dumbfounded: "Miss, do you like her that much?"
"Of course I like the round ones." Erina said, reaching out and pinching Yoshiyuki's belly, and smiled: "I feel like your belly would be very interesting if it was round."
"That won't look good." Yi Xing imagined himself turning into a fat boy, and suddenly felt a chill: "Miss, do you think I will look better when I get fat?"
"Well..." Erina looked at the dumplings, then at Yoshiyuki, and fell into deep thought for a moment: "No! Sure enough, Yoshiyuki still can't get fat! So you must pay attention to your diet, Yoshiyuki?"
"Although I can't use my spiritual power to burn fat, I can't gain weight with the amount of exercise I do, miss." When Yoshiyuki said this, he suddenly remembered something crucial: "Ah, speaking of exercise... I don't have any right now. Now that the dojo is over, I’m afraid I can only go to Ueno Park to practice sword practice.”
After arriving in Tokyo, his routine has not yet been adjusted.
Logically speaking, during holidays, Yi Xing should go out for a morning jog in the morning. At noon and evening, there is a series of exercises to warm up in addition to running, and then ends with sword practice.
If you're in school, only exercise in the morning and after school.
He exercises for at least two hours every day. When not very busy, it can take more than three hours.
This is to ensure that martial arts do not deteriorate due to slacking off.
"Oh! It takes more than 20 minutes to walk to the park, right?" Erina looked eager to give it a try: "I'll go with you after lunch! I have to exercise occasionally."
"Miss, are you sure? Why don't you wait at home for me to come back?" Yoshiyuki imagined the scene of Erina being carried back after she couldn't walk, and suddenly felt that it was very troublesome.
Or, it could be that he held the eldest lady, and then the eldest lady held Tuanzi.
This matryoshka style of holding is bound to attract a lot of attention. And this is what Yi Xing has always been unwilling to do.
However, Erina has already decided to go with Yoshiyuki.
So he had no choice but to agree and asked this instead.
"Miss, what would you like to eat for lunch?"
"Yi Xing made a bento!"
"I'm not prepared, miss. Find a restaurant nearby to eat. Maybe you can find a store that can satisfy you better than my craftsmanship."
Erina's eating habits are too picky.
But with so many restaurants in Tokyo, Yoshiyuki thought she would eventually be able to find a store she liked.
"Hmph, I don't think there is such a store! The rice you buy just doesn't taste as good as the one made by Yi Xing."
Erina pinched the dumplings and said confidently.
In fact, Yoshiyuki knew very well that the dishes he cooked were BUFFed.
As long as you know that something is made by Yoshiyuki, even if it is a little bad, Erina will probably eat it up while complaining about it.
Food bought from outside does not receive this kind of treatment.
She would just complain that she couldn't swallow it and then feed it to Yi Xing like a pig.